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Materials for Manatee Unit Study

Materials needed for Manatee Unit Study

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Ingredients for recipe - Snorkeler Cake:

  • 2 baked 9" round cakes
  • 2 to 3 cups chocolate icing
  • Hershey's Kisses
  • 2 green LifeSavers Gummies
  • 2 blue M&Ms
  • 1 piece red shoestring licorice
  • 1 orange gumdrop
  • New snorkel and diving mask, washed with soap and water
Manatee Puppet
  • Manatee body part sheet
  • Paper lunch bag
  • Scissors
  • Clear tape
  • Markers or crayons
  • Imagination
Manatee Model
  • Markers
  • Scissors
  • Clear packing tape
  • Plastic sheeting 3 to 4mm thick (3 ft wide and at least 22 ft long)
  • Yardsticks
  • Butcher's paper
  • Duct tape
  • Plastic tubing or plastic edging (roughly 1" diameter) - Available in gardening or plumbing sections of building supply stores.
  • Straight edge (to be used only by an adult)
  • Small electric fan Manatees and Their Homes
    • white construction paper manatee - use manatee outline, enlarge and copy on white construction paper
    • one 12"x18" sheet of white construction paper
    • several strips of blue and green tissue paper
    • two paint brushes
    • cup of paintwash (1 part black paint to 5 parts water)
    • cup of gluewash (1 part glue to 3 parts water)
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